Book-clasp.



A. 'coNLBY. BOOK ems? 'APPLIOATION TILED JUNE 5, 1907- Patented May 25, 1909.

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ALBERT CONLEY, or PEYTONA, WESTVIRGINIA.

BOOK-CLASP.

' Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application vfiled June 5,1907. Serial No. 377,407. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT CoNLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Peytona, in the county of Boone, State of West Virginia have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-Clasps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertai'ns to make and use the same.

' This invention has relation to pen and pencil holders that are adapted to be attached to means for holding account books and similar articles in closed position.

It is the objectof the invention to provide an exceedingly chea and simple device, whereby a pencil ho der and other needed devices may be connected with a plate to the ends of which-an elastic band is secured toa hold an account book in closed position, so that'bills and other loose papers may be held in. the book, and so also that a pencil and other devices needed in connection with carrying on the work or recording receipts or charges or taking censusrecords and Similar matters, may be held inthe book or in readiness'foruse.

The 'nature of the invention isfully and clearly ascertainable from the device portrayed in the annexeddrawing, forminga part of this specification, in view of which it will first be described with respect to its construction and mode of use, and then be pointed out in the subjoined claim. The drawing is a perspective view of the encil holder, showing it as applied to a daybook, the latter being-represented in dotted lines.

sheet metal, having an open clamp, 4, secured transversely on its outer side by rivets, or other suitable means.

The clam will be made of spring metal, so

that a enc may be placed in the clampand be hel in place therein and when the pencll In the drawings, A designates a bar of.

is-wanted-for use it can be pulled out of place .The' bar A is provided with'holes at its ends by which to rivet or secure thereto the ends of an elastic strip or band, 3, of suitable construction, so that it may be stretched around an account or day-book, or the like,

to hold the latter in closed position and re-" tain in place any loosepapers such as bills,

receipts and the like, that may be inclosed therein.

The rubber or elastic strip or band-3 may be as stout or large as may be desired, and in case it should break in use, itcan be replaced by a new one at a trivial cost. The means for attaching the band to the. strip may be other than rivets so long as they perform their proper functions.

It will be noticed that the pencil holder comprises an open-seam tube which has its seam edges slightly flared outward.

' The metal plate A is adapted to have other devices secured to it, for instance, .a pencil sharpener, 7, and a case 8 for holding a rubbereraser, or any other desired article or articles.

It is of course understood that when detached from the book, the rubber band 3 lies flush against the bar A.

What is claimed is The combination with a book, of a rigid bar corresponding in length to the width of the book and bearing thereon, and a band of elastic material connected at its ends to the ends of the rigid bar and extending around the'book, whereby the rigid bar is connected yieldably to the book and rotects the edges thereof from abrasion by te band. In testimony whereof, I aflix my SlgIlfl: ture, in presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT CONLEY.

Witnesses:

M. BIAS, J. C. EDELMAN. 

